DOE, Tribal Energy Program, Nov. 15th, 2011,

Denver, Colorado

PresenterPresentation NotesRosebud Indian Reservation located in South Central South Dakota.

20 communities with an elected council person representing each community, they serve 3 year terms, along with the Tribal Chairman, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer

PresenterPresentation NotesThe Rosebud Agency was established in 1889, and was brought under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and operates under a constitution and bylaws approved in 1935. Tribal membership rolls indicate an enrollment of 40,150, with approx., 28,500 residing in the service area. The reservation has a potential labor force of 16,117 tribal members, with approx. 83% of these people unemployed. Per capita income is just under $8,000.00 for Todd County, where a large portion of tribal members reside.

PresenterPresentation NotesThere are approx. 900,000 acres of trust land left of the original 3.2 million acre reservation given to the tribe in the Act of 1889. The tribe will purchase lands at every opportunity. The act was implemented without the consent or consultation of the tribes. Native-American heads of household received allotments of 160 acres, while single adults received 80 acres and minors 40 acres. Double those amounts were provided if the land was suitable only for grazing. Married Native women were ineligible to receive land. The act was amended in 1891 to treat all Native-American adults equally, regardless of their sex or familial status. However, the size of the allotments was cut in half.This was all our land under treaty and congress changed this. Today we buy it back.

Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation

PresenterPresentation NotesThe Rosebud Indian Reservation is on our traditional lands and the traditional lands of the buffalo, Tatanka. The wind regime reflects the regime of the buffalo, of Tatanka.

PresenterPresentation NotesNREL wind resource map

Met tower installed in1999

Akicita Cikala 750 Kw turbine, commissioned March 2003

Met tower installed in 2001

Proposed Owl Feather War Bonnet Wind Farm, 30Mw

Met towers installed in 2003

Met towers installed in 2009

Proposed North Antelope Highlands Wind Farm, 190Mw

750 Kilowatt generator Neg Micon Commissioned in March of 2003 Cost was $1.1 million $508,750.00 DOE Grant $566,000.00 RUS Loan Earns $2,500 to $4,000.00 monthly

PresenterPresentation NotesDept of Energy grant of $508,750.00 (RST In-kind $90,432.00) and the tribe borrowed via a USDA/RUS loan, the sum of $566,000.00.For a total of $1,165,182.00, Depending on the frequency of wind it earns between $2500 to $4000.00 a month. The gear box has been overheating and the radiator system can’t cool the oil down fast enough.

2003 Dept. of Energy Grant DOE Funding $448,551.00

DISGEN Cost share/in-kind $78,750.00 RST/TUC Cost share/in-kind $27,272.00

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/pdfs/rosebud03final.pdf

PresenterPresentation NotesInterview conducted with Albert White Hat, Medicine Man, relating the story behind the name: “There was a story-A Lakota band on foot was chased by Pawnees on horses. They were right here in this territory when the medicine man went up on a hill, here somewhere and prayed. He then told the people to pray with him. Lots of owls came and gave their feathers for their heads, the people put them in their hair, stayed down in the creek(maybe its dried up now) and the Pawnees went by without seeing them. This place is called Sunwahpa – Owl Bonnet because of this. DISGEN Inc. has probably put into the project approx. $250,000.00. Web site listed is for anyone who wants to view the final DOE report. This has the wind data for this site along with the systems impact study and environmental review.

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/pdfs/rosebud03final.pdf�

30 Mw

Owl Feather War Bonnet Wind Farm

Developer is Distributed Generation Inc. LLC Dale Osborn, Pres. Project is shovel ready.

Issues are: RFP’s Power Purchase Agreements are far and few between due to poor economy and competition from natural gas Major load areas are far from wind farm site imposing Wheeling and Tariff fees impeding project economics.

RFP was issued in Fall of 2007 Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Citizens Wind entered into an MOA December

of 2008 for a 5 year period of development. Citizens has exclusive wind rights over all Tribal lands for a period of

2.5 years, in the remaining 2.5 years they must have in the ground at least one operating wind farm. All data gathered will be shared.

The RST and Citizens Wind are considered partners in the development phase, initially the RST had a 20% interest with Citizens having a 80% interest as they bring the development knowledge and money to the table, and we bring our land and wind to the projects.

DOE award of 1.5 Million in 2010 to assist in the development costs garnered the tribe a 33/67 split in development fees.

We intend to charge $100,000.00 per Mw in development fees to the future owner of the wind farm/s. For every Mw developed RST will receive $33,000 per Mw immediately after financial closing

Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Citizens Wind

North Antelope Highlands Wind Farm 190 Mw

Basic Agreement: Partnership in development with 33% share in the development fees, worth $33,000.00 per Mw. Passive land owner royalty fee, 3.5% of Gross Revenue Stream $15 million in construction dollar spending for about 1 year and $500,000.00 in O&M salaries coming from project not revenue dollars. If we build to the 190Mw, RST will receive up to $25 million in first 5 years due to sale and use taxes, development fees and revenue stream and over the length of 20 years approx. $50 million total.

PresenterPresentation NotesRevenue stream is based on $47.50 per Mw. Revenue stream will double as Taxes are figured for the state will be given to the tribe, instead if CFR Part 162 come into effect.

WAPA 115 kv, and Cherry Todd Substation

RST Met tower installed Fall of

2003

Citizens Wind installs 2 Met towers in Feb 2009

North Antelope Highlands Wind Farm

PresenterPresentation NotesPink dots indicate turbine locates 127 locates x 1.5 Mw turbines equal 190.5 Mw. Red dotted line on bottom is the WAPA 115 kv line. Yellow border line indicates NREL’s perception of Class 6 site. RST Met tower is the red star on West side, and Citizens Met towers are the green stars. Met towers are indicating these areas are in the Class 7 site.

Issues: Preliminary Systems Impact Study indicates high degree of constraints on the Grid, and to build over 135 Mw on the existing WAPA 115 kv will cost over $10 million to upgrade. Any project in the state of SD over 99 Mw is subject to State PUC permitting. BIA has had the lease agreement under review for this project since Nov. 2010, 12 months.

PresenterPresentation NotesWAPA is doing the systems impact study right now and will have a more definite understanding of the constraints and costs beyond the 135 Mw.99Mw and the State PUC has permitting requirements and the cost will be in the vicinity of $275,000.00 to have them do the permitting. Plans at the moment are to phase in projects, phase 1 a 99 Mw wind farm, phase 2 a 36 Mw or if WAPA can bear the cost of the upgrade we can then make it to a 190. Again BIA is dragging their feet reviewing the lease agreement.

• Throughout the spring, summer and fall of 2009, Avian field studies were conducted on the site and are complete.

• Citizens developed a site layout on turbine locates with 127 turbine locates to date. At this time we plan on using GE 1.5 Mw

• Fauna and Flora field studies are complete • Bat surveys are complete • Cultural studies , Class I and III are to be conducted spring of

2012 • Submit Environmental Assessment to Lead Agency BIA, June

2012 • Complete System Impact Study by WAPA, by Dec. 2011 • FONSI awarded fall of 2012 • Capacity to respond to any RFP available in summer 2012 • Consultation with US Fish and Wildlife to begin this winter,

Eagle nest on site.

PresenterPresentation NotesCitizens wind is having issues with what RST Tribal Historical Properties Office wants to charge for and what the project wants to pay. Citizens wants only to pay for the footprint and THPO wants to do all of the ridge tops. A difference of about $50-75,000.00 in dollars. So we plan on doing the consultation with US Fish and Wildlife and see what area this effects and then plot the 99Mw site and the 36Mw site and do the cultural review.

•Develop a reservation wide distributed generation system, to lessen our dependence on the larger grid to become self sustainable.

•Tribe to start our own tribal utility company, purchasing the existing distribution system from the local cooperative.

•Support our people by upgrading the efficiency of their houses, retrofitting their heating and cooling systems with renewable energy devices such as small wind turbines and photovoltaic panels through grant/loans.

•Support start up funding for small private/tribally owned companies developing residential and community scale renewable energy devices, with the intent to expand outward beyond the reservation boundaries to much larger markets creating jobs and industries.

Ken Haukaas Economic Development Advisor RST Chairman's Office Email: ken_haukaas@yahoo.com Office Phone: 605-747-2381, ext. 205 Cell Phone: 605-441-6490

mailto:ken_haukaas@yahoo.com�

Wind Development on the RosebudRosebud Sioux Tribe Community BoundariesTribal and/or Trust Acreage within the Five County Rosebud Sioux ReservationWind Power ClassificationSouth Dakota Rosebud Reservation Wind Resource Map and CapacityTribal Trust Lands within Wind Class 5 and 6 in Todd CountyAkicita Cikala (Little Soldier)Owl Feather War Bonnet Wind Farm30 Mw Owl Feather War Bonnet Wind FarmNorth Antelope Wind FarmRosebud Sioux Tribe and Citizens WindNorth Antelope Highlands Wind FarmNorth Antelope Highlands Wind �Farm North Antelope Highlands Wind Farm, timelinesRST use of revenue streamContact information